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Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

Black Isle Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 2009-08-19

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RPG

Franchise: Fallout · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 29, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 24, 2013 (Mac)

Fallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.

Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is an RPG released in 2009, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 17480 reviews).

96
playing now
94%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
IGDB user rating (899 ratings)
39h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 15h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

96 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is a 1998 role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Productions. It is a sequel to Fallout (1997), featuring similar graphics and game mechanics. The game's story takes place in 2241, roughly 80 years after the events of Fallout and 164 years after the atomic war which reduced the vast majority of the world to a nuclear wasteland. The player assumes the role of the Chosen One, the grandchild of the first game's protagonist, and undertakes a quest to save their small village on the West Coast of the United States.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 96 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,153 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~144/week).
  • · Review velocity up 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 699k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,480 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at GreenManGaming (2018-08-29) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 50 of 133 observed days · $8.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40740720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

241832026-09-15 12:00 — 85 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 169 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 97 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 136 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 222 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 120 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 93 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 178 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 131 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 135 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 165 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 135 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 83 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 132 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 192 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 104 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 130 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 178 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 111 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 148 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 241 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 125 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 96 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k18Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 25 · peak 48Dec 2012 — avg 45 · peak 148May 2013 — avg 57 · peak 180Oct 2013 — avg 35 · peak 83Mar 2014 — avg 35 · peak 72Aug 2014 — avg 91 · peak 160Jan 2015 — avg 86 · peak 175Jun 2015 — avg 286 · peak 650Nov 2015 — avg 237 · peak 549Apr 2016 — avg 83 · peak 159Sep 2016 — avg 92 · peak 209Feb 2017 — avg 110 · peak 201Jul 2017 — avg 166 · peak 323Dec 2017 — avg 143 · peak 257May 2018 — avg 153 · peak 299Oct 2018 — avg 148 · peak 317Mar 2019 — avg 120 · peak 214Aug 2019 — avg 160 · peak 291Jan 2020 — avg 142 · peak 265Jun 2020 — avg 176 · peak 291Nov 2020 — avg 169 · peak 309Apr 2021 — avg 160 · peak 285Sep 2021 — avg 188 · peak 348Feb 2022 — avg 197 · peak 360Jul 2022 — avg 188 · peak 323Dec 2022 — avg 162 · peak 283May 2023 — avg 156 · peak 280Oct 2023 — avg 111 · peak 227Mar 2024 — avg 192 · peak 358Aug 2024 — avg 206 · peak 369Jan 2025 — avg 155 · peak 283Jun 2025 — avg 136 · peak 249Nov 2025 — avg 180 · peak 316Apr 2026 — avg 175 · peak 335Aug 2026 — avg 190 · peak 318
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.95$1.002015-01-012026-10-112015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-10 — best price $10.492015-04-29 — best price $9.232015-06-27 — best price $9.992015-11-15 — best price $9.992016-03-31 — best price $2.492016-09-26 — best price $9.992017-06-23 — best price $2.492018-01-02 — best price $9.992018-09-02 — best price $1.002018-11-22 — best price $2.502019-06-18 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-03-23 — best price $4.992020-06-04 — best price $8.692020-08-01 — best price $8.992020-09-21 — best price $9.992020-11-15 — best price $9.992021-05-03 — best price $9.992021-10-07 — best price $9.992022-03-24 — best price $2.992022-08-16 — best price $2.642022-12-04 — best price $9.992023-03-24 — best price $8.392023-06-29 — best price $2.112023-12-14 — best price $2.492024-03-29 — best price $9.992024-07-18 — best price $2.492024-11-27 — best price $2.492025-03-19 — best price $2.492025-07-18 — best price $9.992025-10-21 — best price $2.492026-01-14 — best price $9.992026-04-03 — best price $9.992026-06-02 — best price $8.692026-08-21 — best price $2.152026-10-11 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6172002026-06-01 — 278 pageviews2026-06-05 — 263 pageviews2026-06-09 — 278 pageviews2026-06-13 — 268 pageviews2026-06-17 — 284 pageviews2026-06-21 — 270 pageviews2026-06-25 — 239 pageviews2026-06-29 — 320 pageviews2026-07-03 — 268 pageviews2026-07-07 — 277 pageviews2026-07-11 — 313 pageviews2026-07-15 — 430 pageviews2026-07-19 — 509 pageviews2026-07-23 — 362 pageviews2026-07-27 — 332 pageviews2026-07-31 — 336 pageviews2026-08-04 — 319 pageviews2026-08-08 — 322 pageviews2026-08-12 — 280 pageviews2026-08-16 — 313 pageviews2026-08-20 — 251 pageviews2026-08-24 — 274 pageviews2026-08-28 — 302 pageviews2026-09-01 — 298 pageviews2026-09-05 — 263 pageviews2026-09-09 — 254 pageviews2026-09-13 — 273 pageviews2026-09-17 — 248 pageviews2026-09-21 — 258 pageviews2026-09-25 — 266 pageviews2026-09-29 — 273 pageviews2026-10-03 — 225 pageviews2026-10-07 — 262 pageviews2026-10-11 — 244 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCRPGRetroSci-fiClassicIsometricDark HumorOpen WorldStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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